Bloggers, Literati in Increasingly Famous Spats

By Neal 

Editor and writer Jason Pinter runs down some prominent literary feuds of recent vintage, and it’s worth noting how many of them involve bloggers. There’s Mark Sarvas vs. Steve Almond, Ed Champion vs. Sam Tanenhaus, even our own Sarah Weinman vs. Otto Penzler, with extra bloggy action from Lee Goldberg. Frankly, I’m feeling a little left out: Oh, sure, today’s little flap with the NYTBR was probably a bit too recent to make the grade, but what about my attention to Lauren Slater’s sloppiness, or the time Stanley Crouch tried to dog me out?